WSPA - First Concepts: for teachers

Intelligence Ideal activities Examples of each term with regard totreatment of animalsKindness/caring• Exercising patience andself-control• Doing caring, thoughtfuldeeds for others andhelping those in need• Expressing thanks• Being understanding ofothers and concernedabout how others feel• Sometimes putting theneeds of others aboveyour own wants and needs• Spay or neuter your pets as early as possible• Prepare for pets in case of emergency• Keep organised records of your pets’veterinary care• Make sure your cats and dogs wearidentity tags• License your dogs and cats• Train and socialise your pets early• Work through pet problems and seekany help or advice you need• Keep your dog indoors or in a fenced yard• Keep an eye on your outdoors, even if youhave a fenced yard• Walk your dog on a leash• Keep your cat indoors• Adopt a pet from a shelter instead of buyingone from a store or breeder• Show up on time if you’re pet-sitting• Pet-proof your home• Play with your pets—even when you don’treally feel like it• Offer to walk a neighbour’s dog• Handle pets with care and speak to them in asoft, friendly voice• Praise and reward your pets for goodbehaviour, and be gentle and understandingwhen they make mistakes• Get help for pets or wild animals which aresick or hurt• Collect and donate items that your animalshelter may need• Adopt a pet, especially one who is older andperhaps less likely to find a home• Cut up plastic six-pack rings before recyclingthem, so that wild animals won’t accidentallyget caught in them• Feed birds during the cold autumn, winter,and spring months• Put up bat houses, birdhouses and bird bathsaround your propertyWorld Society for the Protection of Animals